So i've been thinking about powdercoating my rims black but keeping the polished lip. I've seen some pics of red FD's with stock rims painted black and I thought it looked great. Long story short, I photoshopped it to see what it'd look like, heh. Here are the before and after pictures, let me know what you think and if it'd look good if I decided to get them done. In the picture where the rims are black with the polished lip, in reality the lip wouldn't be that big, but it was hard to do in PS while still making it look somewhat real. This is just to give me/you an idea, thanks for your input.


before



after

 

DONT DO IT!

 

I wouldnt do it, but then again Ive always hated black rims even with polished lips.

 

mmm....I can dig it man.....I don't think it looks that bad really. I love the look of a red car with black or gunmetal rims. Looks good.

Your choice in the end of course, but I'd say it looks not bad.

 

Yah I know its my choice heh I just wanted to see other people's opinions since I'm torn right not, dont really know which I'd like better. I think it could turn out really well and look great, or I could end up hating it

Just gettin some opinions

 

Yeah for sure.

Hehe, just read the letter from your neighbours in your sig link. Good stuff man. I had a letter get siliconed to the windshield of my NA once cause my car was so loud. I go to work through a residential area and they put a letter on my window tell me my car is loud etc etc and next time it won't just be silicone. :p Good stuff, keep that NA pride going.

 

black rims on a red car is hotness, but not those rims.

 

Hahahaha, yah it was hilarious when I got that note on my windshield, it was actually put into a ziploc baggy and put under my wiper arm. Funniest part is that they were too afraid to come and tell me to my face, and I haven't heard word since they put that there. Oh well

 

diffrent colored centers only look good with wheels that actully have some lip. dont paint em.

 

they do have a lip, heres an up close pic

 

i like just about anything dark/black with a polished lip, but i think it's a disease of some sort .

 

Have you considered doing them in White? I think white rims look good on the red FC's, I have white ADRs and I have never heard anyone say it didn't look good.

 

here they are in white, best i could do, white was harder than black

 

i like the black with polished lip look, thats waht im gonna do when i somes time for me to get rims. Im not to fond of the white rims in the last pic

 

yeah....too bright.........give it a little brake dust shade and you will be in business...lol